NGC 3791
NGC 3791
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
259 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
101k ly
across
14.4
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 259 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 3791 as it looked roughly 259 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 3789Lenticular2.5 million ly
apartNGC 3730Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3905Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral15 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 3730Lenticular6.1 million ly
apartNGC 3854Spiral8.5 million ly
apartNGC 3858Barred spiral12 million ly
apartNGC 3905Spiral14 million ly
apartNGC 3763Spiral15 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).